High school football is one of the identifying institutions of twentieth-century Texas. It is not unusual to see youthful football players placed on the same pedestal as the cowboy, oil man, or other icons of the Lone Star State. In fact, it is shaped in the image of its coaches who are, by and large, an enigma to most of us. We think of them as caricatures, men who are alternately revered and vilified (usually depending on how many games they have won recently), but they have always been members of a traditional, closed society, and we do not really know them in their complexities. Pigskin Pulpit opens the Texas high school coaching profession to historical scrutiny for the first time, examining this breed of men who shaped the game - and generations of players - in their own images. Tracing side-by-side the development of the game and the coaching profession from its beginnings to today, author Ty Cashion explains how this avocation wove itself so tightly into the fabric of Texas culture. Football fans and critics of the game alike will be drawn into this probing, analytical study that is sure to become a Texas classic.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Texas STATE Historical Association,U.S.
ISBN-13
9780876112212
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90266608
Product Key Features
Author
Ty Cashion
Publication Name
Pigskin Pulpit: a Social History of Texas High School Football Coaches
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Ty Cashion
Genre
Sports
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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